Tag: cybersecurity

CLIMATE CHANGE Building off of last night's update, here's some more fantastic climate news: The oldest and thickest sea ice in the Arctic has started to break up, opening waters north of Greenland that are normally frozen, even in summer. This phenomenon – which has never been recorded before – has occurred twice this year … Continue reading Europe/Americas update: August 21 2018

It may be a spare couple of days around here as I fulfill some freelance obligations, so please bear with me. Also I wanted to get this update out before the Singapore meeting starts, so that's why it's a little early tonight. G7/SCO The Diplomat compares this weekend's G7 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits, and it's … Continue reading World update: June 11 2018

G7 Well it seems like the G7 is off to a really productive start. And by that I mean nobody stormed out or declared war on anybody else. That's about all anybody can hope these days. Donald Trump and the other six leaders--each of whom is either pissed at or freaking out over Trump's protectionism--reportedly … Continue reading World update: June 8 2018

ASIA GEORGIA Syria on Tuesday became the fifth nation in the world to recognize the "republics" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which declared independence from Georgia in 2008, as independent states, following Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Nauru. All the great powers. Anyway, I'm sure Vladimir Putin appreciates the gesture, but Bashar al-Assad isn't getting off … Continue reading Asia/Africa update: May 29 2018

ASIA ARMENIA About 10,000 protesters hit the streets of Yerevan on Monday and were greeted with tear gas and stun grenades from police. They are, of course, unhappy that former President Serzh Sargsyan isn't going into retirement despite having been term-limited out of office. Sargsyan will instead be named the country's new prime minister on Tuesday. Before … Continue reading World update: April 16 2018

EUROPE RUSSIA US officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said on Thursday that Russian hackers have been engaged in what appears to be a very serious effort to penetrate major US infrastructure: "Since at least March 2016, Russian government cyber actors" have targeted "government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors," … Continue reading Europe/Americas update: March 16 2018

EUROPE RUSSIA Vladimir Putin is really excited about his new nukes: Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Moscow is developing a new range of supersonic nuclear weapons that cannot be intercepted by antimissile systems. In his annual state of the nation address on Thursday, Putin claimed that Russia has tested an intercontinental ballistic … Continue reading Europe/Americas update: March 1 2018